Need a scanner? Try your phone

Once upon a time, people had visions of a paperless society.  At some point, I may even have been one of them. Alas! No such luck. While the number of paper forms, etc we have to deal with is significantly less than it used to be, there always seems to be that odd time that we needContinue reading "Need a scanner? Try your phone"

Friday Finds

It's been awhile since my last post on new things I've discovered. So here are some things that I've collected since then including: Sortd: a super useful task list skin for Gmail Office Lens: a mobile app that lets you translate photos of documents into editable Word and PowerPoint Photopea: a free, online graphics editorContinue reading "Friday Finds"

Converting Keynote to PowerPoint

Every once in awhile I find a great looking Keynote slide deck, like these over at Site2Max, and I think how great it would be to bring it over into PowerPoint to customize it. Fortunately, there is a super simple and free way to do just that - even if you don't have access to theContinue reading "Converting Keynote to PowerPoint"

PowerPoint Design Elements

I do about 95% of my graphics creation and editing in PowerPoint. I also have some common design elements that I reuse in a variety of different contexts that I keep close at hand in a PowerPoint file. Here are a few that I think are useful for anyone - I use them all theContinue reading "PowerPoint Design Elements"

Using PowerPoint to Create Video & Interactive ‘E-books’

Video This video was created entirely in PowerPoint and simply exported as a video. Take a look. You might be surprised by the motion graphics and other things you can do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_kth2K9Xs If you give this a try, you'll definitely want to know this great tip from Bright Carbon about that will show you howContinue reading "Using PowerPoint to Create Video & Interactive ‘E-books’"

You Already Know How to Build mLearning (You Just Don’t Know It)

Here are the slides from my recent FocusOn Learning session in Austin, TX You Already Know How to Build mLearning (You Just Don’t Know It) A big thank you to everyone who was there and feel free to share it with others!

BYOL: Mobile Learning Downloads for #FocusOnLearn

Below you'll find the slides, links and other resources to accompnay my BYOL session "You Already Know How to Build mLearning (You Just Don’t Know It)"on Friday morning, you can grab the download files ahead of time from here. DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP FILES Curated Collection of PowerPoint Resources Mobile Video Example Video created entirely in PowerPoint HowContinue reading "BYOL: Mobile Learning Downloads for #FocusOnLearn"

The Secret to Better Performance? LESS Training

Here are all the links, references, and resources for my FocusOn Performance presentation "The Secret to Better Performance? LESS Training" Links & Resources: Gilbert's Behavior Engineering Model App by Innovative Learning Group Quickly assess your organization’s human performance issues using Dr. Thomas F. Gilbert’s Behavior Engineering Model. This app will help you spot performance problem areas,Continue reading "The Secret to Better Performance? LESS Training"

This Week in Focus On Performance

I'll be presenting two sessions this week in Austin, Tx at the inaugural edition of Focus On Performance. I'm doing a session at 1:00pm Wednesday "The Secret to Better Performance? Less Training" and a BYOL session at on Friday "You Already Know How to Build mLearning (You Just Don’t Know It)" The Secret to Better Performance?Continue reading "This Week in Focus On Performance"

Why “Visual Design Solutions” Should Be on Your Bookshelf

Visual Design Solutions by Connie Malamed @elearningcoach  | TheElearningCoach.com You might not be able to judge a book by it’s cover, but whether you know it or not your audience is making snap decisions about your learning materials at first glance. It DOES matter what your stuff looks like and if you’re looking to upContinue reading "Why “Visual Design Solutions” Should Be on Your Bookshelf"